#27157B#27157B

#27157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.158 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27157B
RGB	rgb(39, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(251, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(251, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.45, 39.08, -54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.45, 66.65, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(30.59% 0.0263 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(30.59% 0.158 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.6789, 2.3973, 18.9512)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27157B #697B15

analogous

#15367B #27157B #5A157B

triadic

#27157B #7B2715 #157B27

tetradic

#27157B #7B1536 #697B15 #157B5A

square

#27157B #7B1536 #697B15 #157B5A

split-complementary

#27157B #7B5A15 #367B15

monochromatic

#08041A #160C47 #27157B #381EAF #4D2FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#27157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#27157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #27157B

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##27157B	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.158 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f56a2',
    500: '#27157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27157b;
$custom-light: #6f56a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30586,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27157B

secondary

#9CB03B

accent

#EE3ACE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #27157B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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